ZA4890: Flash Eurobarometer 261 (Flash eurobarometer on water)

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Abstract

Attitudes towards water-related issues.
Topics: self-rated knowledge about problems facing lakes, rivers, and coastal waters (only in member states with coasts) in the own country; assessment of each of the following issues as a serious problem in the own country: water quality, water quantity; assessment of the quality of lakes, rivers, and coastal waters (only in member states with coasts) in the own country over the last five years; impact of each of the following on the status of water in the own country: household water consumption and waste water, agricultural water use as well as the use of pesticides and fertilizers, industrial water use and pollution, energy production, tourism, shipping; main threats to water environment in the own country; most important impact of climate change on water in the own country; personal measures taken to reduce water problems; awareness of the ´River Basin Management Plans´; participation in consultations by national authorities on the ´River Basin Management Plans´.
Demography: age; sex; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community.
Additionally coded was: respondent ID; interviewer ID; language of the interview; country; costal vs. landlocked countries; sea countries; Mediterranean vs. Black sea countries; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; type of phone line; call history; region; weighting factor.

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EB - Flash Eurobarometer
The Flash Eurobarometer were launched by the European Commission in the late eighties, turning out a Monthly Monitor between in 1994 and 1995. These “small scale” surveys are conducted in all EU member states at times, occasionally reducing or enlarging the scope of countries as a function of specific topics. The typical sample size is 500-1000 respondents per country and interviews are usually conducted by phone in the respective national language. The Flash Eurobarometer include series on special topics (Common Currency, EU Enlargement, Information Society, Entrepreneurship, Innovation) as well as special target group polls, particularly company managers with enterprise related topics.